Phobias dictionary definition | Phobias defined See also attitudes ; behavior ; fear ; manias ; -phile, -philia, -phily ; psychology . N.B.: noun forms end in -phobe and adjective forms end in -phobic, unless otherwise noted. acarophobia a fear of skin infestation by mites or ticks. achluophobia scotophobia. acidophobia an inability to accommodate to acid soils, as certain plants. acousticophobia an abnormal fear of noise. acrophobia an abnormal fear of heights. Also called altophobia, batophobia, hypsophobia. aelurophobia ailurophobia. aerophobia an abnormal fear or dislike of drafts. Cf. ancraophobia, anemophobia. agoraphobia an abnormal fear of being in crowded, public places, like markets. Cf. demophobia. agyrophobia an abnormal fear of crossing streets. Also dromophobia. aichmophobia an abnormal fear of pointed objects. ailurophobia an abnormal fear of cats. Also called gatophobia, felinophobia. albuminurophobia a fear of albumin in one’s urine as a sign of kidney disease. algophobia an extreme fear of pain.

Cf. odynophobia. altophobia acrophobia. amathophobia an abnormal fear of dust. amaxophobia an abnormal fear of being or riding in vehicles. ancraophobia an abnormal fear of wind. Cf. aerophobia, anemophobia. androphobia 1. an abnormal fear of men. 2. a hatred of males. Cf. gynephobia. anemophobia an abnormal fear of drafts or winds. Cf. aerophobia, ancraophobia. anginophobia an abnormal fear of quinsy or other forms of sore throat. Anglophobia a hatred or fear of England and things English. anthophobia an abnormal fear of flowers. anthropophobia an abnormal fear of people, especially in groups. antlophobia an abnormal fear of floods. apeirophobia an abnormal fear of infinity. aphephobia an abnormal fear of touching or being touched. Also called haphephobia, haptephobia, thixophobia. apiphobia, apiophobia an intense fear of bees. Also called melissophobia. arachnephobia an abnormal fear of spiders. asthenophobia an abnormal fear of weakness. astraphobia an abnormal fear of lightning. Cf.

brontophobia, keraunophobia. astrophobia siderophobia. ataxiophobia, ataxophobia an abnormal fear of disorder. atelophobia an abnormal fear of imperfection. atephobia an abnormal fear of ruin. aulophobia an abnormal fear of flutes. aurophobia an abnormal dislike of gold. automysophobia an abnormal fear or dislike of being dirty. Cf. misophobia. autophobia, autophoby an abnormal fear of being by oneself. Also called eremiophobia, eremophobia, monophobia. bacillophobia an abnormal fear of germs. Also called bacteriophobia. ballistophobia an abnormal fear of missiles. barophobia an abnormal fear of gravity. basiphobia in plants, an inability to accommodate to alkaline soils. bathmophobia an abnormal dislike or fear of walking. bathophobia 1. an abnormal fear of depth. 2. an intense dislike of bathing. batophobia 1. acrophobia. 2. an abnormal fear of passing high buildings. batrachophobia an abnormal fear of frogs and toads. belonephobia an abnormal fear of pins and needles. bibliophobia an abnormal dislike for books. blennophobia an abnormal fear or dislike of slime.

Also called myxophobia. bogyphobia a dread of demons and goblins. bromidrosiphobia an abnormal fear of having an unpleasant body odor. brontophobia an abnormal fear of thunder and thunderstorms. Also called tonitrophobia. Cf. astraphobia, keraunophobia. cainophobia an abnormal fear or dislike of novelty. Also called cainotophobia, neophobia. carcinophobia an abnormal fear of cancer. Also called cancerophobia. cardiophobia an abnormal fear of heart disease. cathisophobia an abnormal fear or dislike of sitting down. catoptrophobia an abnormal fear of mirrors. Celtophobia an intense dislike of Celts. cenophobia, kenophobia an abnormal fear of a void or of open spaces. ceraunophobia keraunophobia. chaetophobia an abnormal fear of hair. cheimaphobia, cheimatophobia an abnormal fear or dislike of cold. Cf. cryophobia, psychrophobia. cherophobia an abnormal fear of gaiety. chinophobia an abnormal fear or dislike of snow. cholerophobia an intense fear of cholera. chrematophobia an intense fear or dislike of wealth.

chrometophobia an abnormal fear or dislike of money. chromophobia an abnormal fear of colors. chronophobia an abnormal discomfort concerning time. cibophobia an abnormal fear of food. Also called sitophobia, sitiophobia. Cf. phagophobia. claustrophobia an abnormal fear of enclosed spaces. Also called cleistophobia. cleptophobia kleptophobia. clinophobia an abnormal fear or dislike of going to bed. coitophobia an abnormal fear of sexual intercourse. Also called genophobia. Cf. erotophobia. cometophobia an abnormal fear of cornets. computerphobia intense fear or dislike for computers and things associated with them. coprophobia an abnormal fear of excrement. cremnophobia an abnormal fear of precipices. cryophobia an abnormal fear of ice or f rost. Cf. cheimaphobia. crystallophobia an abnormal fear of glass. Also called hyalophobia. cymophobia an abnormal fear of waves. cynophobia 1. an intense dread of dogs. 2. kynophobia. cypridophobia an abnormal fear of venereal disease. Also called venereophobia. deipnophobia an abnormal fear or dislike of dining and dinner conversation.

demonophobia an abnormal fear of spirits. demophobia an intense dislike of crowds. Cf. agoraphobia. dermatophobia an abnormal fear of skin disease. Also called dermatosiophobia, dermatopathophobia. dextrophobia an abnormal fear of objects on the right side of the body. Cf. levophobia. diabetophobia an intense fear of diabetes. dikephobia an abnormal fear or dislike of justice. dinophobia an abnormal fear of whirlpools. diplopiaphobia an abnormal fear of double vision. domatophobia an abnormal fear of being in a house. doraphobia an abnormal fear or dislike of fur. dromophobia 1. agyrophobia. 2. kinetophobia. dysmorphophobia an abnormal dread of deformity, usually in others. Also called dysmorphomania. ecclesiophobia an abnormal fear or dislike of church. ecophobia, oecophobia, oikophobia an abnormal fear of or aversion to home surroundings. eisoptrophobia an abnormal fear of mirrors. eleutherophobia an abnormal fear of freedom. elurophobia ailurophobia. emetophobia an abnormal fear of vomiting. enetophobia an abnormal fear of needles.

entomophobia an abnormal fear of insects. eosophobia an abnormal fear of the dawn. eremiophobia, eremophobia autophobia. ergasiophobia an abnormal fear or dislike of work. ergophobia a hatred of work. erotophobia an abnormal fear of sexual feelings and their physical expression. Also called miserotica. Cf. coitophobia. erythrophobia 1. an abnormal fear of the color red. 2. an abnormal fear of blushing. eurotophobia an abnormal fear of female genitals. febriphobia an abnormal fear of fever. felinophobia ailurophobia. Francophobia, Callophobia a hatred of France or things French. galeophobia an abnormal fear of sharks. Gallophobia Francophobia. gamophobia an abnormal fear or dislike of marriage. gatophobia ailurophobia. genophobia coitophobia. gephyrophobia an abnormal fear of crossing a bridge. gerascophobia an abnormal fear of growing old. Germanophobia a hatred of Germany, or things German. Also called Teutophobia, Teutonophobia. geumophobia an abnormal fear of tastes or flavors. Cf. olfactophobia.

glossophobia an abnormal fear of speaking in public or of trying to speak. graphophobia a dislike of writing. gringophobia in Spain or Latin America, an intense dislike of white strangers. gymnophobia an abnormal fear of nudity. Also called nudophobia. gynephobia , gynophobia an abnormal fear or hatred of women. Cf. androphobia, parthenophobia. hadephobia an abnormal fear of heil. Also called stygiophobia. haemaphobia hemophobia. hagiophobia an intense dislike for saints and the holy. hamartophobia an abnormal fear of error or sin. haphephobia, haphophobia, haptephobia, haptophobia aphephobia. Also called thixophobia. harpaxophobia an abnormal fear of robbers. Cf. kleptophobia. hedonophobia an abnormal fear of pleasure. heliophobia 1. an abnormal sensitivity to the effects of sunlight. 2. an abnormal fear of sunlight. helminthophobia an abnormal fear of being infested with worms. Cf. scoleciphobia. hemophobia an abnormal fear of the sight of blood. Also called hematophobia. herpetophobia an abnormal fear of reptiles.

Cf. ophidiophobia. hierophobia an abnormal fear or dislike of sacred objects. hippophobia an abnormal fear of horses. hodophobia an abnormal fear or dislike of travel. homichlophobia an abnormal fear of fog. homilophobia a hatred for sermons. homophobia fear of or apprehension about homosexuality. Cf. uranophobia. hyalophobia crystallophobia. hydrophobia 1. an abnormal fear of water. 2. the occurrence in humans of rabies. Also called lyssa. hydrophobophobia an abnormal fear of rabies. Also called lyssophobia. Cf. kynophobia. hygrophobia an abnormal fear of liquids in any form, especially wine and water. hylephobia an intense dislike for wood or woods. hypengyophobia an abnormal fear of responsibility. Cf. paralipophobia. hypnophobia an abnormal fear of sleep. hypsophobia, hypsiphobia acrophobia. iatrophobia an abnormal fear of going to the doctor. ichthyophobia an abnormal fear of fish. iophobia an abnormal fear of poisons. Cf. toxiphobia. isopterophobia an abnormal fear of termites.

Judophobism, Judophobia a hatred of Jews and of Jewish culture. Also called Judaeophobia. kakorrhaphiophobia an abnormal fear of failure or defeat. katagelophobia an abnormal fear or dislike of ridicule. keraunophobia, ceraunophobia an abnormal fear of thunder and lightning. Cf. astraphobia, brontophobia. kinetophobia an abnormal fear or dislike of motion. Also called dromophobia. kleptophobia, cleptophobia an abnormal fear of thieves or of loss through thievery. Cf. harpaxophobia. kopophobia an abnormal fear of mental or physical examination. cynophobia an abnormal fear of pseudorabies. Cf. hydrophobophobia. laliophobia, lalophobia an abnormal fear of talking. lepraphobia an abnormal fear of leprosy. levophobia an abnormal fear of objects on the left side of the body. Cf. dextrophobia. Iimnophobia an abnormal fear of lakes. linonophobia an abnormal fear of string. logophobia an abnormal fear or dislike of words. lyssophobia 1. an abnormal fear of becoming insane. 2. hydrophobophobia. maieusiophobia tocophobia.

maniaphobia an abnormal fear of madness. mastigophobia rhabdophobia. mechanophobia an abnormal aversion to or fear of machinery. melissophobia apiphobia. meningitophobia an abnormal fear of meningitis. merinthophobia an abnormal fear of being bound. metallophobia an abnormal fear of metals. meteorophobia an abnormal fear of meteors or meteorites. mysophobia an abnormal fear of dirt, especially of being contaminated by dirt. Cf. automysophobia, rhypophobia. molysomophobia an abnormal fear of infection. monopathophobia an abnormal fear of sickness in a specified part of the body monophobia autophobia. motorphobia an abnormal fear or dislike of motor vehicles. musicophobia an intense dislike of music. musophobia 1. an abnormal fear of mice. 2. misophobia. mysophobia misophobia. mythophobia an abnormal fear of making false statements. myxophobia blennophobia. necrophobia 1. Also called thanatophobia. an abnormal fear of death. 2. an abnormal fear of corpses. Negrophobia a strong dislike or fear of Negroes. neophobia cainophobia. nephophobia an abnormal fear of clouds.

noctiphobia an abnormal fear of the night. Cf. nyctophobia. nosophobia an abnormal fear of contracting disease. nudophobia, nudiphobia gymnophobia. nyctophobia an abnormal fear of darkness or night. Cf. noctiphobia. ochlophobia an abnormal fear of crowds. ochophobia an abnormal fear of vehicles. odontophobia an abnormal fear of teeth, especially those of animals. odynophobia an abnormal fear of pain. Cf. algophobia. oenophobia, oinophobia a dislike of or hatred for wine. olfactophobia an abnormal fear or dislike of smells. Also called osmophobia, osphresiophobia. Cf. geumophobia. ombrophobia an abnormal fear of rain. ommatophobia an abnormal fear of eyes. onomatophobia an abnormal fear of a certain name. ophidiophobia an abnormal fear of snakes. Also called ophiophobia. Cf. herpetophobia. ornithophobia an abnormal fear of birds. osmophobia olfactophobia. osphresiophobia olfactophobia. ouranophobia uranophobia. paedophobia pedophobia. panophobia 1. a nonspecific fear; a state of general anxiety. 2.

an abnormal fear of everything. Also panphobia, pantaphobia, pantophobia. papaphobia an intense fear or dislike of the pope or the papacy. paralipophobia an abnormal fear of neglect of some duty. Cf. hypengyophobia. paraphobia an abnormal fear of sexual perversion. parasitophobia an abnormal fear of parasites. parthenophobia an extreme aversion to young girls. Cf. gynephobia. pathophobia an abnormal fear of disease. peccatiphobia, peccatophobia an abnormal fear of sinning. pediculophobia an abnormal fear of lice. Also called phthiriophobia. pedophobia, paedophobia an abnormal fear or dislike of dolls. pellagraphobia an abnormal fear of catching pellagra. peniaphobia an abnormal fear of poverty. phagophobia an abnormal fear of eating. Cf. cibophobia. pharmacophobia an abnormal fear of drugs. phasmophobia an abnormal fear of ghosts. Cf. pneumatophobia, spectrophobia. phengophobia an abnormal fear of daylight. philosophobia an abnormal fear or dislike of philosophy or philosophers. phobophobia an abnormal fear of fear itself.

phonophobia an abnormal fear or dislike of noise. photalgiophobia an abnormal fear of photalgia, pain in the eyes caused by light. photophobia 1. an abnormal fear of light. 2. a painful sensitivity to light, especially visually. Also called photodysphoria. 3. a tendency to thrive in reduced light, as exhibited by certain plants. phronemophobia an abnormal fear of thinking. phthiriophobia pediculophobia. phthisiophobia an abnormal fear of tuberculosis. Also called tuberculophobia. pneumatophobia an abnormal fear of incorporeal beings. Cf. phasmophobia, spectrophobia. pnigophobia an abnormal fear of choking. pogonophobia an abnormal fear or dislike of beards. poinephobia an abnormal fear of punishment. politicophobia a dislike or fear of politicians. polyphobia an abnormal fear of many things. Cf. panophobia, def. 2. ponophobia an abnormal fear of fatigue, especially through overworking. potamophobia a morbid fear of rivers. proctophobia Medicine. a mental apprehension in patients with a rectal disease. proteinphobia a strong aversion to protein foods.

psychophobia an abnormal fear of the mind. psychrophobia an abnormal fear of the cold. Cf. cheimaphobia. pteronophobia an abnormal fear of feathers. pyrexiophobia an abnormal fear of fever. Cf. thermophobia. pyrophobia an abnormal fear of fire. rhabdophobia 1. an abnormal fear of being beaten. 2. an abnormal fear of magic. rhypophobia an abnormal fear of filth. Cf. misophobia. Russophobism, Russophobia an excessive fear or dislike of Russians and things Russian. Satanophobia an excessive fear of Satan. scabiophobia an abnormal fear of scabies. scatophobia 1. coprophobia. 2. an abnormal dread of using obscene language. sciophobia an abnormal fear of shadows. scoleciphobia an abnormal fear of worms. Also called vermiphobia. Cf. helminthophobia. scopophobia an abnormal fear of being looked at. Also scoptophobia. scotophobia an abnormal fear of the dark. Also called achluophobia. selaphobia an abnormal fear or dislike of flashes of light. siderodromophobia an abnormal fear or dislike of railroads or of traveling on trains.

siderophobia an abnormal fear of the stars. Also called astrophobia. sitophobia cibophobia. Slavophobia fear or hatred of things Slavic, especially of their real or imagined political influence. spectrophobia an abnormal fear of specters or phantoms. Cf. phasmophobia, pneumatophobia. stasibasiphobia 1. an abnormal conviction that one cannot stand or walk. 2. an abnormal fear of attempting to do either. stygiophobia hadephobia. symmetrophobia an abnormal fear or dislike of symmetry. syphiliphobia, syphilophobia an abnormal fear of becoming infected with syphilis. Cf. cypridophobia. tabophobia an abnormal fear of a wasting sickness. tachophobia an abnormal fear of speed. taphephobia, taphiphobia, taphophobia an abnormal fear of being buried alive. tapinophobia an abnormal fear of small things. taurophobia an abnormal fear of bulls. teleophobia a dislike and rejection of teleology. telephonophobia an abnormal fear of using the telephone. teratophobia an abnormal fear of monsters or of giving birth to a monster. Teutophobia, Teutonophobia Germanophobia.

thaasophobia an abnormal fear or dislike of being idle. thalassophobia an abnormal fear of the sea. thanatophobia necrophobia, def. 1. theatrophobia an abnormal fear of theaters. theophobia an abnormal fear of God. thermophobia an abnormal fear or dislike of heat. Cf. pyrexiophobia. thixophobia aphephobia. tocophobia, tokophobia an abnormal fear of childbirth. Also called maieusiophobia. tomophobia an abnormal fear of surgical operations. tonitrophobia, tonitruphobia brontophobia. topophobia Rare. an abnormal fear of certain places. toxiphobia, toxicophobia an abnormal fear of being poisoned. Cf. iophobia. traumatophobia an excessive or disabling fear of war or physical injury. tremophobia an abnormal fear of trembling. trichinophobia an abnormal fear of trichinosis. Also called trichophobia, trichopathophobia. tridecaphobia triskaidekaphobia. triskaidekaphobia an abnormal fear of the number 13. Also called tridecaphobia. trypanophobia vaccinophobia. tuberculophobia phthisiophobia.

tyrannophobia an intense fear or hatred of tyrants. uranophobia 1. an abnormal fear of homosexuals and homosexuality. Also homophobia. 2. an abnormal fear of the heavens. Also called ouranophobia. urophobia an abnormal fear of passing urine. vaccinophobia an abnormal fear of vaccines and vaccination. Also called trypanophobia. venereophobia cypridophobia. vermiphobia scoleciphobia. xenophobia an abnormal fear or hatred of foreigners and strange things. xerophobia an abnormal fear of dryness and dry places, like deserts. zelophobia an abnormal fear of jealousy. zoophobia an abnormal fear or dislike of animals. 11 Real-Life Phobias That Millennials Need To Fear | Thought Catalog 11 Real-Life Phobias That Millennials Need To Fear Flickr Camila Manriquez The millennial generation is often mocked, scorned, and belittled by the world’s millions of milleniophobes, yet life presents unique challenges for these groundbreaking and fearless youths who only seek to make the world a better place. Because of their special place in time and history, they are disproportionately vulnerable to certain fears that may not afflict others. Here is a list of those fears. 1.

Nomophobia—the fear of losing cell-phone coverage. For a generation that spends far more time texting one another than they do making out with one another, this is a fundamental and primal fear. Not knowing how many people liked your most recent Instagram selfie can induce a morbid dread that passeth all understanding. 2. Dextrophobia—the fear of anything to the right of you. Although this term technically refers to things that are placed to the right of your body, it can also be used metaphorically to describe an irrational fear and dread of anyone who is not a dedicated and fanatical leftist. Since most millennials are overwhelmingly liberal, this is a very common fear that may only be assuaged by finally acknowledging that people who disagree with you are human, too. 3. Allodoxaphobia—the fear of other people’s opinions. This refers not only to fear of what others think about the allodoxaphobe as a person, but also the irrational and borderline insane fear of any opinions that differ from one’s own. Thus the insane and irrational compulsion to misrepresent all disagreement as “hatred” or, ironically, some form of “phobia.” 4. Heresyphobia—the fear of any challenges to one’s ideology.

Social media in particular has enabled a new form of social totalitarianism wherein any heretic—i.e., anyone who does not fall in completely lockstep with one’s personal ideology—not only isn’t tolerated, they are subject to witch hunting and doxing and endless attempts to render them unemployed and personally destroyed. What’s supremely ironic is that this is typically done in the name of “tolerance.” 5. Sophophobia—the fear of learning new things. As Camille Paglia lamented a full generation ago, the problem with today’s youth is that they only read books that they already agree with. Nowadays this is truer than ever—millennials are outright terrified of confronting any information or opinion that may serve to rattle or undermine their most sacred beliefs. This is a crippling disease with no known cure. 6. Pogonophobia—the fear of beards. Most millennials have conquered this fear, as demonstrated by the high quotient of male millennials with facial hair. But for the pogonophobic millennial, any visit to a club, coffeeshop, or art gallery can be an experiment in terror. 7. Hoplophobia—the fear of firearms.

It is perfectly rational to fear a gun that’s pointed at you, yet it’s entirely irrational to fear the existence of firearms in all cases except when the government owns them. You never hear anyone who’s in favor of “gun control” arguing that the government—which owns enough firearms and bombs to murder every American a thousand times over—should also be disarmed. If you’re going to fear firearms, at least be consistent and fear all of them. 8. Hesperophobia—the fear of Western civilization. Although millennials have been exposed to endless propaganda counseling them to beware of things such as “xenophobia” and “Islamophobia,” they exhibit an irrational fear that Western civilization is inherently evil. And they express such fears while almost exclusively using technology that was developed and perfected in the West. 9. Oikophobia—the fear of one’s own surroundings and culture. This is the inverse of xenophobia. It involves a fanatical and borderline religious paranoia that one’s own culture is uniquely horrible. Oikophobes rarely put this fear into action by actually pulling up their tent stakes and moving to places with cultures that are completely alien to where they grew up.

This suggests that they actually prefer their own culture simply because it allows them to be bitchy brats, whereas other cultures might not be nearly so tolerant of such misbehavior. 10. Misophobia—the fear of hatred. As with love, hatred is a natural human emotion. As with love, it is also misused, abused, and misunderstood. Everyone hates something to some degree. What’s important is to understand why hatred exists, because if you oversimplify and misrepresent it, you’ll never get to its root causes. And it’s especially important to not openly hate the haters, because that’s not only hypocritical, it’s hateful. 11. Androphobia—the fear of men. It is a modern tragedy that the rise of equal rights for women has coincided with a full-blown attack on all things male and masculine. You can read any pro-girl website on Earth and see demeaning language directed at men that would be considered objectively “sexist” and “gynophobic” if aimed at women. It doesn’t have to be that way—in other words, it’d be nice if everyone viewed one another as humans first before delving into divisive issues such as race, gender, and sexuality—but apparently everyone needs a scapegoat.

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose. Read This 11 Real-Life Phobias That Millennials Need To Fear - Viral Seekers […] Original source courtesy of Thought Catalogue […] mindofamermaid wow, this is a shitpost if I’ve ever seen one. 11 Real-Life Phobias That Millennials Need To Fear - Viral Rising - The Most Viral News from Around the Web […] Original source courtesy of Thought Catalogue […] Phobias Definition, Prefix, Suffix, Ologies and Isms, Phobias Information and Meaning an abnormal fear of dust. amaxophobia an abnormal fear of being or riding in vehicles. ancraophobia an abnormal fear of wind. Cf. aerophobia, anemophobia . androphobia 1. an abnormal fear of men. 2. a hatred of males. Cf. gynephobia . anemophobia an abnormal fear of drafts or winds. Cf. aerophobia, ancraophobia . anginophobia an abnormal fear of quinsy or other forms of sore throat. Anglophobia a hatred or fear of England and things English. anthophobia an abnormal fear of flowers.

anthropophobia an abnormal fear of people, especially in groups. antlophobia an abnormal fear of floods. apeirophobia an abnormal fear of infinity. aphephobia an abnormal fear of touching or being touched. Also called haphephobia, haptephobia, thixophobia . apiphobia, apiophobia an intense fear of bees. Also called melissophobia . arachnephobia an abnormal fear of spiders. asthenophobia an abnormal fear of weakness. astraphobia, astrapophobia an abnormal fear of lightning. Cf. brontophobia, keraunophobia. astrophobia an abnormal fear of disorder. atelophobia an abnormal fear of imperfection. atephobia an abnormal fear of ruin. aulophobia an abnormal fear of flutes. aurophobia an abnormal dislike of gold. automysophobia an abnormal fear or dislike of being dirty. Cf. misophobia . autophobia, autophoby an abnormal fear of being by oneself. Also called eremiophobia, eremophobia, monophobia . bacillophobia an abnormal fear of germs. Also called bacteriophobia . ballistophobia an abnormal fear of missiles. barophobia an abnormal fear of gravity.

basophobia, basiphobia in plants, an inability to accommodate to alkaline soils. bathmophobia an abnormal dislike or fear of walking. bathophobia 1. an abnormal fear of depth. 2. an intense dislike of bathing. batophobia 2. an abnormal fear of passing high buildings. batrachophobia an abnormal fear of frogs and toads. belonephobia an abnormal fear of pins and needles. bibliophobia an abnormal dislike for books. blennophobia an abnormal fear or dislike of slime. Also called myxophobia . bogyphobia a dread of demons and goblins. bromidrosiphobia an abnormal fear of having an unpleasant body odor. brontophobia an abnormal fear of thunder and thunderstorms. Also called tonitrophobia . Cf. astraphobia, keraunophobia . cainophobia an abnormal fear or dislike of novelty. Also called cainotophobia, neophobia . carcinomophobia, carcinomatophobia, carcinophobia an abnormal fear of cancer. Also called cancerophobia . cardiophobia an abnormal fear of heart disease. cathisophobia an abnormal fear or dislike of sitting down. catoptrophobia an abnormal fear of mirrors.

Celtophobia an intense dislike of Celts. cenophobia, kenophobia an abnormal fear of a void or of open spaces. ceraunophobia an abnormal fear or dislike of going to bed. coitophobia an abnormal fear of sexual intercourse. Also called genophobia . Cf. erotophobia . cometophobia an abnormal fear of cornets. computerphobia intense fear or dislike for computers and things associated with them. coprophobia an abnormal fear of excrement. cremnophobia an abnormal fear of precipices. cryophobia an abnormal fear of ice or f rost. Cf. cheimaphobia . crystallophobia an abnormal fear of glass. Also called hyalophobia . cymophobia an abnormal fear of waves. cynophobia 1. an intense dread of dogs. 2. kynophobia. an abnormal fear of venereal disease. Also called venereophobia . deipnophobia an abnormal fear or dislike of dining and dinner conversation. demonophobia an abnormal fear of spirits. demophobia an intense dislike of crowds. Cf. agoraphobia . dermatophobia an abnormal fear of skin disease. Also called dermatosiophobia, dermatopathophobia .

dextrophobia an abnormal fear of objects on the right side of the body. Cf. levophobia . diabetophobia an intense fear of diabetes. dikephobia an abnormal fear or dislike of justice. dinophobia an abnormal fear of whirlpools. diplopiaphobia an abnormal fear of double vision. domatophobia an abnormal fear of being in a house. doraphobia an abnormal fear or dislike of fur. dromophobia an abnormal fear of going to the doctor. ichthyophobia an abnormal fear of fish. iophobia an abnormal fear of poisons. Cf. toxiphobia . isopterophobia an abnormal fear of termites. Judophobism, Judophobia a hatred of Jews and of Jewish culture. Also called Judaeophobia . kakorrhaphiophobia an abnormal fear of failure or defeat. katagelophobia an abnormal fear or dislike of ridicule. keraunophobia, ceraunophobia an abnormal fear of thunder and lightning. Cf. astraphobia, brontophobia . kinetophobia an abnormal fear or dislike of motion. Also called dromophobia . kleptophobia, cleptophobia an abnormal fear of thieves or of loss through thievery. Cf.

harpaxophobia . kopophobia an abnormal fear of mental or physical examination. kynophobia, cynophobia an abnormal fear of pseudorabies. Cf. hydrophobophobia . laliophobia, lalophobia an abnormal fear of talking. lepraphobia an abnormal fear of leprosy. levophobia an abnormal fear of objects on the left side of the body. Cf. dextrophobia . Iimnophobia an abnormal fear of lakes. linonophobia an abnormal fear of string. logophobia an abnormal fear or dislike of words. lyssophobia 1. an abnormal fear of becoming insane. 2. hydrophobophobia. an abnormal fear of darkness or night. Cf. noctiphobia . ochlophobia an abnormal fear of crowds. ochophobia an abnormal fear of vehicles. odontophobia an abnormal fear of teeth, especially those of animals. odynophobia an abnormal fear of pain. Cf. algophobia . oenophobia, oinophobia a dislike of or hatred for wine. olfactophobia an abnormal fear or dislike of smells. Also called osmophobia, osphresiophobia . Cf. geumophobia . ombrophobia an abnormal fear of rain.

ommatophobia an abnormal fear of eyes. onomatophobia an abnormal fear of a certain name. ophidiophobia an abnormal fear of snakes. Also called ophiophobia . Cf. herpetophobia . ornithophobia an abnormal fear of birds. osmophobia 1. a nonspecific fear; a state of general anxiety. 2. an abnormal fear of everything. Also panphobia, pantaphobia, pantophobia . papaphobia an intense fear or dislike of the pope or the papacy. paralipophobia an abnormal fear of neglect of some duty. Cf. hypengyophobia . paraphobia an abnormal fear of sexual perversion. parasitophobia an abnormal fear of parasites. parthenophobia an extreme aversion to young girls. Cf. gynephobia . pathophobia an abnormal fear of disease. peccatiphobia, peccatophobia an abnormal fear of sinning. pediculophobia an abnormal fear of lice. Also called phthiriophobia . pedophobia, paedophobia an abnormal fear or dislike of dolls. pellagraphobia an abnormal fear of catching pellagra. peniaphobia an abnormal fear of poverty. phagophobia an abnormal fear of eating. Cf.

cibophobia . pharmacophobia an abnormal fear of drugs. phasmophobia an abnormal fear of ghosts. Cf. pneumatophobia, spectrophobia . phengophobia an abnormal fear of daylight. philosophobia an abnormal fear or dislike of philosophy or philosophers. phobophobia an abnormal fear of fear itself. phonophobia an abnormal fear or dislike of noise. photalgiophobia an abnormal fear of photalgia, pain in the eyes caused by light. photophobia 1. an abnormal fear of light. 2. a painful sensitivity to light, especially visually. Also called photodysphoria . 3. a tendency to thrive in reduced light, as exhibited by certain plants. phronemophobia an abnormal fear of thinking. phthiriophobia an abnormal fear of tuberculosis. Also called tuberculophobia . pneumatophobia an abnormal fear of incorporeal beings. Cf. phasmophobia, spectrophobia . pnigophobia an abnormal fear of choking. pogonophobia an abnormal fear or dislike of beards. poinephobia an abnormal fear of punishment. politicophobia a dislike or fear of politicians. polyphobia an abnormal fear of many things. Cf. panophobia, def. 2.

ponophobia an abnormal fear of fatigue, especially through overworking. potamophobia a morbid fear of rivers. proctophobia Medicine. a mental apprehension in patients with a rectal disease. proteinphobia a strong aversion to protein foods. psychophobia an abnormal fear of the mind. psychrophobia an abnormal fear of the cold. Cf. cheimaphobia . pteronophobia an abnormal fear of feathers. pyrexiophobia an abnormal fear of fever. Cf. thermophobia . pyrophobia an abnormal fear of fire. rhabdophobia 1. an abnormal fear of being beaten. 2. an abnormal fear of magic. rhypophobia an abnormal fear of filth. Cf. misophobia . Russophobism, Russophobia an excessive fear or dislike of Russians and things Russian. Satanophobia an excessive fear of Satan. scabiophobia an abnormal fear of scabies. scatophobia 2. an abnormal dread of using obscene language. sciophobia an abnormal fear of shadows. scoleciphobia an abnormal fear of worms. Also called vermiphobia . Cf. helminthophobia . scopophobia an abnormal fear of being looked at. Also scoptophobia .

scotophobia an abnormal fear of the dark. Also called achluophobia . selaphobia an abnormal fear or dislike of flashes of light. siderodromophobia an abnormal fear or dislike of railroads or of traveling on trains. siderophobia an abnormal fear of the stars. Also called astrophobia . sitophobia, sitiophobia . Weirdest Phobias | Healthguru Weirdest Phobias mental health Video World's Weirdest Phobias Weirdest Phobias 3:33 Weirdest Phobias Millions of people suffer from phobias. Some of the weirdest phobias revolve around fear of clocks, garlic and even certain people. Find out more by watching this video.

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Transcript: Any phobia is a type of anxiety disorder characterized by an intense, irrational fear of a particular... Any phobia is a type of anxiety disorder characterized by an intense, irrational fear of a particular situation, object or animal. Most people realize their fears are extreme, but the anxiety is very real, regardless of how common or rare the phobia. Food-related phobias include the fear of garlic, fear of vegetables, fear of meat and even the fear of food itself. If these sound unusual, consider arachibutyrophobia, which is the fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of one's mouth! Body parts also provide their fair share of terror-inducing phobias. Genuphobia is the fear of knees. Omphalophobia is the fear of belly buttons. But surely the oddest in this category is geniophobia, which is the abnormal - and definitely peculiar - fear of chins! Animals also figure prominently in odd phobias. Ranidaphobics fear frogs, mottephobics fear moths and lutraphobia evokes horror in response to otters.

But, the weirdest of these by far is zemmiphobia - fear of the Great Mole Rat, a hairless, sightless buck-toothed rodent that lives underground. Phobias of specific objects are common, but some are less common than others. Aulophibics have a morbid fear of flutes, chronomentrophobics have a horror of clocks and cnidophobics are terrified of string. However, the most perplexing may be consecotaleophobia - the fear of chopsticks. Another consideration: it's not uncommon to have more than one phobia - and conflicting phobias could be a real problem. For example, a man with pogonophobia, the fear of beards, might experience even greater anguish if he was also affected by xyrophobia - the fear of razors! Phobias may also be problematic in more ways than one. For instance, vestiphobics, who have a morbid fear of clothing, most certainly experience major issues beyond the fear itself. Clearly, it would be especially difficult also to suffer from gymnophobia, the fear of nudity. Other phobia combinations might actually come in handy.

The anablephobic who's afraid of looking up might not have a huge problem with nephophobia, the fear of clouds or astrophobia, which is the fear of stars. Another odd phobia, which may not be so odd but bears mentioning is pentheraphobia, an intensely disabling fear of one's mother-in-law! Honorable mention for the weirdest phobias also goes to: pteronophobia, the fear of being tickled by feathers; helminthophobia, the fear of being infested with worms: and blennophobia, the fear of slime. Most phobias can be successfully treated. If you - or someone you know - is affected by phobias, consult a mental health professional.

Question: Of what is 'Pogonophobia' the morbid fear?
Answer: BEARDS